The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-05-12

ENvoY.
Maids, be this q warming to you'll
He's poor, and I know it's his plan
To marry q million or two,
He's such o romantic young man.
-Cliatoa ScoAard. In Detroit Free Press.
Al GREAT
Science Allied with Love Makes a
Useful Circuit
John Mills, tho hero of this sketch,
was a railroad engineer, and had been
for a long time in the company's en-
ploy. When the new engine "59'
wa completed and placed on the road,
John was given charge of it, and he
evinced a natural pride in his prefer
ment- At one of the stations there
was a young girl, a telegraphic ope-
rator, between whom and the engineer
there had sprung up a warm attach
ment, and whenever ss59" came along
Kate generally managed to be at the
door and exchange signals with her
lover. One day the train was detained
at the station, and the locomotive de
tached and sent up the road to do some
additional work, and Kate went along
for a ride. AS she listened to the sharp,
shrill notes of the whistle, it occurred
to her that she might teach John to
sound her name in the Morse tele-
graphic characters, so that she could
other engines, whenever his train APP
preached. The plan worked to charm,
and far and near the whistle shrieked
Kate, until one day, a. the operator
stepped upon the platform, she over
heard a conversation between two
young men, and learned that
they understood the signal and were
laughingly wondering who Kate
Gould be. Their means of communica-
tion having been discovered, they were
obliged to discontinue ii. In the mean
time Kate had, by means of the tele-
graph, made the acquaintance of a
young lady in a distant city, but whom
she had never seen, and to her she had
made known the fact that that secret
had been discovered. Then her friend
suggested a plan as brilliant as it was
ingenious. It was simply to arrange
a means of te~legraplic communication
between the approaching train and the
station, so as to ring a bell hidden
away in the closet in Kate's office, en-
CINE ,59" being the only n provided
with means of completing the circuit,
which was done by laying the
poker upon the tender brake
so as to touch the wire in passing.
Kate found an opportunity to acquaint
John with the proposed plan, and in
the meantime had found an abandoned
wire which ran for a long distance close
by the track, and which she proposed
to use for carrying out her purpose.
Thanksgiving Day came soon after. and
John fortunately having a holiday, he
and Kate went bravely to work, and
before the day had ended the task was
a complete success. The dramatic
finale of their little episode is told il
the following:
1t was singular how absent-minded
and inattentive the operator was OF
the day that the great scientific enter
prise was finished. No wonder
she was disturbed. Would the new
line work. Would her little battery
be strong enough for such a great cir
cuitP Would John be able to close itl
The people began to assemble for thu
train. The clock pointed to the houl
for its arrival.
Suddenly, with startling distinctness
the bell rang clear and loud in thu
echoing room. With a cry of deligh
she put on her dainty hat and ran il
haste out upon the platform. The whis
tie broke loud and clear on the cool
crisp air, and ..59'' appeared round thu
curve in the woods. The splendit
monster slid swiftly up to her feet ant
paused.
..Perfect, John! Perfect! It work
to a charm"
With a spring she reached the cab
and sat down on the fireman's seat.
BLESSED if I could tell what he wa
going to do" said the fireman. "H
told me about it. Awful bright idea
You see, he laid the poker on tn,
tender-brake there, and it hit the ire
slam, and l saw the wires touch. !
was just prime"
But the happy moments sped, ant
49, groaned and slowly departed
while Kate stood on the platform, he
face wreathed in smiles and whit
steam.
So the lovers met each day, and non
knew how she was made aware of hi
approach with such absolute certainty
Science applied to love, OF rather low
applied to science, can move the world
Two weeks passed, and then Their
suddenly arrived at the station late on
evening a special with the directors
car attached. The honorable director
were hungry-they always are-an'
would pause on their journey and tax
a cup of tea and a bit of supper. TIL
h~onorables and their wives and chi
dren filed the station, and the plac
put on quite a gala aspect. AS fc
Kate, she demurely sat in her der
book in hand, and over its unrea
pages admired the gay party in tn
waiting-room.
Suddenly, with furious rattle, he
electric bell sprang into noisy life. E.
cry spark of color left her facedand he
book fell with a dusty slam to the f1ool
What was it? What did it mean? VIII
rang it? With affrighted face sh
burst from her office and brushe
through the astonished people and oil
upon the snow-covered platform
There stood the directors train on tt
track of the on-coming train.
1.-THE conductors! Where is he? d
sir! Start! Start! Get to the sidin:
The express is coming"
With n cry she snatched a lanter
from n brakeman's hand, and in atlas
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